At dusk, according to the inspection of the Yamen, the prison.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you must be mistaken, I am a good citizen who abides by the law, and it is not worth the trouble of the poor master." Several servants escorted Chen Aniu into the prison, and Chen Aniu said with a smile on his face as he walked, his eyes flashing and he looked very nervous.

Originally, Chen Aniu hid well in the town outside the city, and with the money extorted from the red sleeves, he hired a secret prostitute, usually eating and drinking spicy food, and lived a happy life.

But who would have thought that in the afternoon, a team of messengers suddenly broke into the house of the secret prostitute, and he couldn't help but say that he would take him and leave, and he thought it was someone from the county government at first, but when he entered the prison, he was surprised to learn that it was an official from the Yamen of the Inspectorate Department.

According to the prison of the Inspector Si Yamen, it is not so easy to enter, only those criminals who answer the important case can be put in this prison, and thieves like those who steal chickens and dogs are not qualified to enter at all.

Therefore, Chen Aniu, who is a thief, naturally wants to test it and want to see what he has committed and he was arrested, is it because he owed the casino loan shark and was sued by the other party to the yamen?

At this moment, the only thing Chen Aniu could think of was to be troubled by loan sharks, you must know that those who put loan sharks have both black and white, and it is easy to find the servants in the yamen to teach him a lesson.

But to Chen Aniu's disappointment, the guards did not answer him, and one by one they were expressionless, locked him in a separate cell, and then locked the cell door with a bang.

"Isn't it just that you owe money, and it's necessary to make such a big fuss?" Chen Aniu had never come to the prison of the Yamen of the Inspectorate Division, let alone enjoyed the treatment of a single cell, and after looking around at the empty cell, his mind was a little dazed.

Of course, he would never have imagined that the arrest of him by the people of the Yamen of the Inspectorate was related to the case of Mingyue Pavilion, the reason was very simple, the case of Mingyue Pavilion had already been tried, and the people of the Yamen were so full that they could bring up this matter again.

Besides, if he had provoked any major case, then the people of the yamen would have taken him to the torture chamber and tortured him severely, and they would not have ignored him like they did now.

At the same time, in the living room in the backyard of the Yamen of the Inspectorate.

"Lord Zhentai, Chen Aniu has been imprisoned." Li Hongyu and Fang Yun were briefing Lu Chongde on the process of the two of them investigating the Mingyue Pavilion case these days, when an official walked in and bowed down to report to Lu Chongde.

"Is this Chen Aniu really the murderer who killed Xu Tao?" Hearing this, Lu Chongde couldn't help but look at Li Hongyu and Fang Yun in surprise, the Wuchang Mansion had not found such an important clue when investigating the case at that time.

"Lord Zhentai, according to the records in the file, the knives on Xu Tao's body are not only very deep, but also very smooth, which shows that the perpetrator has great strength and is very skilled in using knives, but Li Hongyi is a scholar, and he usually holds a pen and a pen, and he must rarely touch the knife, so he will not pierce the knife on Xu Tao's corpse anyway."

Li Hongyu bowed to Lu Chongde when he heard this, and explained in an orderly manner, "The officials of the government have conducted a thorough investigation of the situation that night, and there were no suspicious people entering and leaving the Mingyue Pavilion that night, so this means that the murderer is in the Mingyue Pavilion." ”

"Considering that the murderer can quietly avoid the people of the Bright Moon Pavilion to kill people, it means that he is very familiar with the terrain of the Bright Moon Pavilion and will not be suspected even if he is seen."

Saying that, Li Hongyu's expression became serious, "Therefore, the student and Fang Jingkui started with the subordinates of Mingyue Pavilion and sent people to monitor their whereabouts, and it turned out that Chen Aniu went to the casino shortly after the student uncle left, not only paid off the loan sharks he owed before, but also gambled lavishly in the casino, so it attracted the attention of the students and Fang Jingkui." ”

"Who hired the murderer?" Lu Chongde has been trying the case for many years, so he naturally knows the intention of Li Hongyu's previous words, so he looked at Li Hongyu quietly and asked.

"Mingyue Pavilion red card red sleeves!" Li Hongyu replied in a deep voice when he heard this, "It was she who secretly stole Li Hongyi's sachet and handed it to Chen Aniu, who left it on Xu Tao's corpse after killing people to frame Li Hongyi." ”

"I see!" Lu Chongde couldn't help but bow his head slightly when he heard this, and asked with a frown, "Presumably that murder weapon was also hidden in red sleeves." ”

Lu Chongde had previously felt that the matter of the sachet and the murder weapon was very strange, even if Li Hongyi accidentally left the sachet at the scene of the crime, but he was not a fool, how could he bring the murder weapon back to his residence?

This is undoubtedly self-defeating, it is obvious that the day after the incident, the Yamen's errand will turn the Mingyue Pavilion upside down, after all, the one who died is not only a student, but also one of the leaders of Changsha Mansion, plus the proximity to the township test, so the government will naturally pay attention to it.

In Lu Chongde's view, it is this murder weapon that can prove Li Hongyi's innocence, and the person who secretly planned this matter is too much of a snake.

However, Lu Chongde had to admit that although the other party's approach had some implication that there were no three hundred taels of silver here, because it was close to the township test, this was the best way to put Li Hongyi to death, and as long as the government "got all the stolen goods," it would quickly close the case to calm down the incident, so as not to disturb the township test.

And once the government closes the case, it will be difficult to overturn the case again, after all, this is a verdict made under the instructions of Li Yu, the governor, and no one wants to provoke this case that has attracted the attention of the Hu Guangsheng members.

But the mastermind behind the scenes would never have thought that Li Hongyu would unite the new recruits to re-interrogate at the Minglu Banquet, causing his wishful thinking to fail.

"Master Zhentai, the students and Li Jieyuan believe that Red Sleeves and Chen Aniu should have prepared two identical murder weapons in advance, one was hidden in Red Sleeves' house, and the other was committed by Chen Aniu, so that they could avoid being seen when handing over the murder weapon."

Facing Lu Chongde's question about the murder weapon, Li Hongyu looked at Fang Yun, and Fang Yun bowed down and replied, after all, this case was verified by the two of them together, how could Li Hongyu dominate the limelight.

"It's a possibility." Lu Chongde nodded thoughtfully when he heard this, and then asked with regret, "But Red Sleeves has no grievances with Li Hongyi and Xu Tao, why did she do this?" ”

At that time, the reason why the Wuchang Mansion government did not suspect the "drunk" red sleeves was not only because she was pressed for time, but also because she did not know Li Hongyu and Xu Tao before, and she had no grievances, so she had no motive to kill.

"I'm afraid it's not just to repay the gratitude, but also to find a way out for the future." Fang Yun saw Li Hongyu bowing slightly to him, so he groaned and said in a deep voice, "According to the verification of the student and Li Jieyuan, Han Yakui is very involved in this case!" ”

"What?" Lu Chongde was taken aback when he heard this, staring at Fang Yun with a stunned expression, thinking that he had misheard.

"Lord Zhentai, Li Jieyuan and the students found out that the death of Han Yakui's fiancée seems to be closely related to Xu Tao."

Fang Yun nodded and said solemnly, "The last time Xu Tao came to participate in the township test, he got acquainted with the red sleeves who were embroidery girls in Xiuzhuang, so he took advantage of the township test to design Xu Tao and blame Li Hongyi. ”

"There is such a thing!" Lu Chongde's face couldn't help but change a few times, he never expected that Han Tai would be so deeply involved, it was really unexpected.

"Lord Zhentai, in order to hear the case smoothly tomorrow, Li Jieyuan and the students want to interrogate Chen Aniu, and with Chen Aniu's temperament, they will definitely leave some evidence, and then threaten Red Sleeves, in order to profit from it." Hearing this, Fang Yun bowed his hand to Lu Chongde and said in a deep voice, "I hope that Lord Zhentai can go and sit down." ”

"Okay, I'm going to see if Chen Aniu has any evidence in the Mingyue Pavilion case in his hand." Hearing this, Lu Chongde nodded and agreed without the slightest hesitation.

After Li Hongyu and Fang Yun's explanations before, he suddenly had the feeling of opening the clouds and seeing the bright moon in the Mingyue Pavilion case, and he really didn't expect that Li Hongyu and Fang Yun would have so many clues and evidence, so they would definitely attend this trial.

Huguang was in the yamen prison and the torture room according to the prosecutor's office.

Chen Aniu was dragged in by several jailers who were five big and three thick, and knelt in front of Lu Chongde, who was sitting on a Taishi chair, Li Hongyu and Fang Yun sat left and right at Lu Chongde's hand, different from Lu Chongde, who was wearing a three-grade official uniform, and the two of them were dressed in civilian clothes.

Like the torture room in the Daming Yamen, the torture room of the Prosecutor's Department also listed a lot of bloodstained torture instruments, and there was a pungent smell of blood in the air.

"Do you know who this adult in front of you is?" After glancing at the nervous Chen Aniu, Li Hongyu asked expressionlessly.

"The villain knocks on the platform." Hearing this, Chen Aniu hurriedly knelt down at Lu Chongde, and said in fear.

Although Chen Aniu had not seen Lu Chongde before, he recognized the pattern of the complement on the official robe on Lu Chongde's chest, which was a peacock.

In the Yamen of the Inspectorate Division, only the Inspector was a court official of the third grade, so Chen Aniu knew that the official sitting in front of him was Lord Zhentai, and he was terrified and didn't know why Lord Zhentai appeared here.

"Chen Aniu, are you guilty?" Li Hongyu saw that Chen Aniu recognized Lu Chongde, so his face sank and he shouted, "The case you committed has alarmed the Qincha sent by the emperor to take the township test, killing the student is like killing the official, and the murder before the township test is even more criminal, aren't you afraid of being executed by Ling Chi!" ”

"Big ...... Adult, small ...... I don't know what the adults mean. Chen Aniu was suddenly startled when he heard this, his face turned pale in an instant, raised his head and stammered at Li Hongyu and said.

"According to the Red Sleeves confession, it was you who took the initiative to ask Ying to kill Xu Tao, a student of Changsha Mansion, and blackmailed her with a murder weapon and other objects afterwards, so that she had to submit to you and give you a lot of property."

Li Hongyu stretched out his hand and pointed at Chen Aniu, and said in a fierce voice, "According to your crime, even if you can't cut 3,600 knives, then 1,200 knives can't escape, otherwise how can you set an example!" ”

Hearing this, Lu Chongde's eyes suddenly lit up, knowing that Li Hongyu was cheating, and once Chen Aniu couldn't bear it, the psychological defense line would collapse, and then the bamboo tube poured beans and confessed his crime one by one.

Chen Aniu was stunned and dumbfounded, looking at Li Hongyu with straight eyes, his mind was blank, his eyes were full of fear and shock, and what he was most worried about was inevitably happening.